News & Announcements Archive


Congratulations, Prof. Hyman

The Department of the History of Art is thrilled to announce that Prof. Aaron Hyman’s book, Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America, was awarded […]


Achievements and Congratulations: Spring 2022

The Department of the History of Art is thrilled to announce the below achievements from Spring 2022 and extends congratulations to all: Prof. Rebecca M. Brown published “KCS Paniker’s Painterly […]


Attention, Alumni!

History of Art Alums- we want to hear from you and stay in touch!  In part of the preparation for the Department’s upcoming newsletter, please fill out and submit this survey by […]


Congratulations, Prof. Rüstem

The Department of the History of Art is thrilled to announce that Prof. Ünver Rüstem’s book, Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul, has won the 2022 Alice Davis […]


Congratulations, Lael Ensor-Bennett

The Department of the History of Art is thrilled to announce that Lael Ensor-Bennett, Curator of the Visual Resources Collection, has received a Nancy DeLaurier Award (NDL) from the Visual […]


2022 American Council of Learned Societies Fellows

The Department of the History of Art is thrilled to congratulate two department “alums” who have been named 2022 American Council of Learned Societies Fellows: Elizabeth Bernick, PhD 2021, for […]


Distinguished Lecture in Art of the Ancient Americas

The Department of the History of Art is pleased to announce the Distinguished Lecture in Art of the Ancient Americas – The Seat of Kings: An investigation of Xultun’s Northern […]


Congratulations, Dani and Ella

Dani Ortiz, a current doctoral student, has been accepted onto the Athenian Agora excavations in Athens, Greece. Ella Gonzalez, a current doctoral student, has been accepted to the American School […]


Renowned art historian Charles Dempsey dies at 84

Renowned art historian Charles Dempsey, professor emeritus in the Department of the History of Art in Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, died of a heart attack at Georgetown University Hospital on Feb. 22. He was 84.